Summer test season over for Ocean Sentinel

Posted: Wednesday, Oct 16th, 2013BY: Nancy Steinberg

The Ocean Sentinel is brought alongside the Pacific Storm in order to hoist the heavy chain mooring line up using the Pacific Stormís crane system. The wave energy test platform was towed back to shore for the winter.

After a summer of deployment at the Pacific Marine Energy Center-North Energy Test Site (PMEC-NETS) offshore from Yaquina Head, the Ocean Sentinel, the mobile wave energy test platform operated by the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), is heading for winter hibernation.